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Sociolinguistics from the Periphery "presents a fascinating book about change: shifting political, economic and cultural conditions; ephemeral, sometimes even seasonal, multilingualism; and altered imaginaries for minority and indigenous languages and their users."

The second volume of Arabic Literature of Africa (of which six volumes areplanned) deals with the literature of Central Sudanic Africa, i.e. the arealying between the present Republic of the Sudan and Mali.

The bulk of the work concerns Nigeria, which has produced a voluminous andvaried Arabic-Islamic literature. The smaller and less studied Arabicliterature traditions of Chad, Cameroun and Niger are also examined.The work is arranged both chronologically and by sub-region, and writershave been grouped within chapters according to their scholarly andreligious affiliations. Full details are given of known manuscripts,published editions and translations. There are indexes of titles, authors,first lines of poetry and a general index. An initial overview and chapterintroductions provide an outline intellectual history.